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The hajj WILL go ahead: Religious leaders confirm Islam's mass pilgrimage to Mecca goes ahead
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 12, 2015 | Imogen Calderwood and Jack Crone for MailOnline

Posted on 09/12/2015 7:54:37 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

The hajj WILL go ahead: Religious leaders confirm Islam's mass pilgrimage to Mecca goes ahead this month despite the crane disaster killing 107 there yesterday

Saudi official announced today that the hajj will go ahead in Mecca despite the horror of yesterday's crane collapse An investigation has been launched in the disaster as critics claim authorities were negligent in allowing the cranes Authorities issued extreme weather warnings and earlier photos capture mosque being struck by lightning ceiling Crane is part of massive project to increase the area of the mosque to accommodate 2.2million people at once A Saudi official has confirmed that the annual hajj to Mecca will go ahead, despite the horrific crane disaster that killed 107 people and wounded 238 in the city yesterday.

The tragedy occurred when a crane crashed through the ceiling of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, the largest mosque in the world, amid high winds and thunderstorms on Friday afternoon.

An investigation has been launched today, to probe claims that the health and safety standards at the mosque were insufficient.

Some critics have claimed that the authorities were negligent in allowing a series of cranes to tower over the site, as hundreds of thousands of Muslims converge at the holy site for the annual hajj pilgrimage.

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KEYWORDS: 911; allah; allahakbar; allahswill; industrialaccidents; mecca
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RE: "Piss and $#it be upon them and their pedophile misogynist “prophet”."

Agreed. Until they stop littering and other offenses.

I'd consider Islamism like gangbangers but that's an insult to gangbangers.

Islamist litter.

Image from google images, ISIS women

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22 posted on 09/13/2015 6:05:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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